The daily newspaper market consisted of 11,957,309 copies in January, an increase of 3.83% on December. However, the six-month average circulation was down 3.16% year on year to 11,856,771 copies.
The Independent led the upward trend with a 10.4% monthly rise to 263,503, rebounding after suffering the steepest fall for a daily between November and December. Its six-month average is down 1.61% year on year to 255,492.
The Guardian managed a 5.04% monthly rise to 384,070. Its six-month average is down 2.5% year on year to 378,228.
The Daily Telegraph moved back above the 900,000 threshold with a 1.33% monthly increase to 911,454 copies. Its six-month average is almost unchanged, down just 0.28% year on year to 901,728.
It was outperformed in January by The Times, which notched up a 5.39% monthly rise to 670,054. Its six-month average is down 3.56% year-on-year to 662,651.
The Financial Times registered a 0.32% monthly increase to 439,104 and its six-month average is up 0.48% year on year to 432,701.
The mid-market lagged the rest, with the Daily Express even falling 0.32% from December to January to 771,325. Its six-month average is down 3.91% year on year to 794,331.
The Daily Mail was better off, with a 1.86% monthly rise to 2,354,028. Its six-month average is down 0.23% to 2,352,183.
In the red-top sector, The Sun had the best January, registering a 6.24% monthly rise to 3,217,844. However, six-month average is down 3.31% to 3,143,765.
The Daily Mirror was up 5.2% over the month to 1,621,000. Its six-month average is down 6.5% to 1,601,452.
The Daily Star managed a monthly rise of 3.1% to 773,637. Its six-month average is down 5.49% to 783,230.
In the Sunday market, The Independent on Sunday piled on readers last month, as free giveaways helped the broadsheet increase month-on-month circulation by 24.62% to 247,829 copies.
The January boost helped increase the IoS's year-on-year circulation by 1.61%. News of the circulation hike comes hot on heels of a raft of redundacies at the title's sister paper, The Independent.
January is traditionally a good month for papers as they bounce back from a sluggish December.
The Sunday Times reported a respectable 6.23% month-on-month rise to 1,288,421 copies, but its year-on-year figure decreased by 5.30%.
The Sunday Telegraph posted a month-on-month rise of just 2.52% to 659,841 copies, while its year-on-year circulation dropped by 2.76%.
The Observer posted a smaller rise of 1.91% month-on-month to 444,186 copies. Year-on-year circulation fell by 0.25%.
In the tabloid market, the News of the World’s last month under the editorship of Andy Coulson saw circulation increase by 1.36% to 3,426,719 copies. Its year-on-year circulation is down 7.25%.
The biggest red-top gain was experienced by the Sunday Mirror. Month-on-month circulation increased by 10.40% to 1,460,328 copies, with its year-on-year figure down 7.46%.
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